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Show ACTUARIES FIGURE TO DAY HOW LONG DRINKER CAN LIVE Excessive mortality from alcohol Ik not confined to the period of drinking, according to a statement made laat nu.nl by Wilbur M. Johnaon. one of the prominent actuaries ac-tuaries of tah. Following' are some fncts recently obtained 1y Mr. J oh njton. "The actual mortality among thoe I lndulcing In 'occasional ex reus' j ra nge from 1 1f to 147 per cent, Among men aired IS to 4 years I drinking two or more glasses of i beer, or one gists of whisky . j day. the actual rate of mortality I ia 120 percent of the expfted rate; j for men agi yesra and over 113 I per cent, and where ths amount consumed la over (wo ounces a j day the mortality rate for people between the age of 15 and 49 years la 13 per cent of the ex- 1 pected rate, for those of 50 years I and over It is 150 per cent. , "These facta and many others I . are given due consideration." said Mr. Johnson, "by economists in I considering state prohibition, elimination elim-ination of alcohol from army posts and kindred problems. |